ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT QADIMAH PORT FACILITY, SAUDI ARABIA

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• Publication Date: August 28, 1983
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ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT
QADIMAH PORT FArTT,TTV_ RAT 7 ARABIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE FRENCH-BUILT_GCT SELF-PROPELLED
HOWITZERS AND ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS HAVE ARRIVED AT
QADIMAH PORT FACILITIES. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: SIX PROBABLE FRENCH 155MM GCT SELF-PROPELLED
HOWITZERS (SPG), TWO PROBABLE FRENCH AMX-10 ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIERS (APC), AND ONE PROBABLE ARMORED VEHICLE ARE ON THE
MOLE. THIS EQUIPMENT, WHICH HAS ARRIVED 25X1
AND WAS DELIVERED BY AN UNKNOWN CARRIER, IS PROBABLY DESTINED
FOR TRANSSHIPMENT TO IRAQ. THE 155MM GCT SPG, WHICH IS BASED
ON A MODIFIED AMX-30 MAIN BATTLE TANK CHASSIS, WAS FIRST
IDENTIFIED IN IRAQ NINE 155MM GCT SPG AND 12 25X1
AMX-10 APC WERE DELIVERED TO QADIMAH IN AUGUST 1982. THE
POSSIBILITY EXISTS; HOWEVER, THAT THE EQUIPMENT COULD REMAIN IN
SAUDI ARABIA. AT LEAST THIRTY 155MM GCT SPG ARE IN THE SAUDI
INVENTORY. (SWN)
A TOTAL OF 161 HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS/TRUCKS (INCLUDING THOSE
LOADED WITH THE 34 TYPE-59/69-2 TANKS, WHICH WERE BEING
OFFLOADED HAVE DEPARTED THE TRANSSHIPMENT 25X1
AREA OF CADIMAH. THIRTY-FOUR TYPE-59/69-2 TANKS WHICH ARRIVED
AT BAGHDAD BARRACKS SCHOOL CORPS BATTALION HEADQUARTERS DEPOT,
RASHID, IRAQ ARE 25X1
PROBABLY THE SAME TANKS OBSERVED AT QADIMAH (SWN) 25X1
COORDINATES 22-21-13N 039-05-36E
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